A Drum Machine Obsession Mix

Get On Down launch their Beatbox book with a 45 minute mix of their favourite drum machine anthems

Without the likes of the Linn LM-1, the Oberheim DMX or the Roland TR-808, some of the world’s greatest pop songs would not exist. No “Thriller”, no “When Doves Cry” and no, erm, “Me So Horny”. With cheap software studios and trap-clap plug-ins dominating today’s music production, many think that the era of the physical drum machine is dead. But not author Joe Mansfield, who has lovingly compiled Beatbox: A Drum Machine Obsession for Get On Down, the essential pictorial guide to the greatest robot drummers in history. To celebrate its publication, we asked the Get On Down crew to make this killer tribute to their favourite drum machine anthems of all time, from Prince and Herbie Hancock to Madonna and Marvin Gaye.